IM

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/9/2018

"Ansys satisfaction"

5/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

Very versatile software with many free options for students Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

Sometimes it gets overwhelming of settings leaving you lost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SK

Shishir K.

Graduate Research Assistant

Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/16/2018

"The best FEA Analysis Tool in the market"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

Ansys is one of the best software I have ever used. It's easy to use and gives desired results at every high stressed point. Also, it supports mostly all the file formats and the models can be edited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

Although it is the fastest tool available in the market for FEA, still I see some scope of improvement in that area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ansys Mechanical:

With this software, you can explore the various possibilities any metallic or non-metallic component has to offer. Useful for business and research purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Mechanical solving and how is that benefiting you?

Stress analysis of subsea components to ensure the desired design life. It helps estimate the design life of any component. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UH

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/15/2018

"Great Finite Element Software Program"

5/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

Nice and easy-to-use user interface with great capability to solve multi-physics problems, such as statics, dynamics, thermal, fluid, etc. In addition, they provide free version for students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

License of the software is very expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UA

Verified User in Automotive

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/31/2018

"Bring FEM closer to designer engineer"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

User-friendly interface makes Ansys very easy to use, Ansys divide every step in simulation procedure (model, meshing, boundary condition, results) with block, very convenient to track different designs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

Ansys makes simulation like a black box, you put input on one end and get output on the other. The results can be easily read by non-expert with colorful pictures which can be dangerous. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ansys Mechanical:

The price is expensive but Ansys do have student version which is limited power but good to try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Mechanical solving and how is that benefiting you?

FEM - Finite Element Method.

The best benefit I think is comparing different designs. Ansys also have feature called DoE where you can put a lot of parameters for your design without touching the CAD model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UH

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/5/2018

"Great product!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

Easy interface. Multiple options. Great Tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

Too many options can make it hard to use at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Nick E.

Product Development Engineer

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/16/2016

"The preeminent CAE package"

4/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

ANSYS combines support for every conceivable type of FEA analysis into one consistent package. Design modeler is great for quick tweaks to imported CAD geometry in order to prepare the model for analysis. Workbench interface makes it very easy to share geometry and material data between multiple different analyses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

Geometry import from native CAD file formats seems to not work more often than it works. Design Modeler could be more intuitive for geometry creation from scratch. Some error messages when meshing and running analyses can be less than clear, so it is up to the user to know what he or she is doing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ansys Mechanical:

Although the integrated analysis packages found in most CAD software are greatly improving, ANSYS is still the gold standard for FEA. For more complicated or advanced analyses (heat transfer, fluid flow, mechanical contact) it is a must and for simple analyses it still had many advantages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Mechanical solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use ANSYS mostly for static mechanical analysis, with occasional contact and motion cases. The results are absolutely critical for success of my designs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Josef O.

Senior Professional Design Engineer

Entertainment

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/14/2016

"Fantastic for in-depth, complex, or thorough analysis"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

Firstly, this is the only FEA I've used that uses multiple threads/cores of a CPU, which streamlines calculation time significantly, in my experience. Secondly, there's pretty much nothing you can't simulate, seriously. With the workbench, running beam analysis, thermal transfer, fluid flow...you can do all of this to the same part. It's very integrative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

If you haven't been trained on it, it's very overwhelming. This thing needs a 40 hour course to fully understand how to properly prep for Analysis, set up your part or assembly for Analysis, mesh, and finally run the analysis. Just understanding the consequences of how you're running your analysis and what your results look like can be a bit complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ansys Mechanical:

This is a complete solution. If you're in the engineering or manufacturing industry or rely on them for product conceptualization and time to market, you need some type of FEA software, especially when your competitors are already using it!

Take the training, get involved, and start using it immediately! I had a "re-learning" curve as the time between when I took the training and when I started using it was significant, and it's definitely a perishable skill. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Mechanical solving and how is that benefiting you?

FEA helps to streamline the product development process by allowing you to simulate real-world stresses and implementation when used as intended, and what the robustness and durability of your product is as designed. This will help you get your product to market faster (as it'll cut down on prototype iterations you'll need), it'll help you prevent over-engineering, which can mean more cost and lead-time, and it is all presented in a very robust way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Chris W.

HPVC Global Chief Judge

Non-Profit Organization Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/24/2016

"A great and powerful FEA tool which fails to converge a bit too much"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

In static simuliations the surface to surface contacts work better than any other FEA software I have tried Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

Failed convergence happens way too much. Should include some auto optimization for contact stiffness or other factors to help convergence Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ansys Mechanical:

If you are new to FEA, try Solidworks first to see if it can meet your needs as it is easier to learn and much cheaper Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Mechanical solving and how is that benefiting you?

Test every plastic snap design in ANSYS first to ensure we can assemble without breaking the snap and can meet our required pull out force goals. This greatly deceases risk when we go to tooling Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Omar S.

Process Technical Co-op

Oil & Energy

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/24/2016

"Great software, not very user friendly."

3.5/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

Its a terrific software with lots of usefuly tools. The help menu is actually helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

Not very user friendly, little support online, issues models are often hard to resolve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UH

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/12/2016

"Excellent FEA software"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Ansys Mechanical?

Ansys is an excellent software for performing FEA. A very smooth workflow right from importing the model to applying boundary conditions to getting the results makes it easy to learn and understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Mechanical?

The product is slightly expensive as compared to some of the other FEA software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.